An Eastern District judge failed to explain in open court why she sentenced a sex offender who violated his parole to a prison term greater than the recommended sentencing guidelines, an appellate court ruled in an order for resentencing.
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found in U.S. v. Aldeen, 14-cr-2706, that Judge Sandra Townes‘ sentence of 18 months and three extra years of supervised release for Ahmed Aldeen “seems exceedingly harsh.”
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